[Rhodes22-list] R22 capsize in Force 10

[Rick Lange]

Was the boat sailing or laying to?

Rick Lange

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 12:07 PM stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:

>
> Force 10.  That is 55 mph, and up, winds with giant waves.  I guess we
> will have to lower any claims to 50 mph winds.
>
> I have spent most off my sailing days on the Great South Bay.  It is so
> shallow it is impossible to lose anything. And although on the ocean
> side of Long Island, there never was anything close to a force 10 storm
> in my day.  Global warming?
>
> We did list once in the middle of the night when low tide had the family
> sleeping stacked up on top of each other.
>
>
> On 12/19/19 8:49 AM, Chris Geankoplis wrote:
> > details?
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 12:53 PM gramille <gramille at tds.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Did any of you read the article in the latest issue of Small Craft
> Advisor
> >> about the loss of a R22 in Long Islands Great South Bay? Sobering
> reading!
> >> Have a Happy New Year full of safe sailing adventures.
> >>   Graham in snowy Vermont
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sent from: http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/
> >>
> >
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